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During the donation of essential items to the Ministry of Community Development and Social Services today 23rd August 2024, Elias Phiri, Head of Human Resources for the Zambia Association for Sisterhood (ZAS), spoke on behalf of TAKUZA’s board chairperson, Sr. Elizabeth Muleya.     Mr. Phiri emphasized TAKUZA’s mission to support those affected by human trafficking […]

It was a rainy Thursday morning; the kind that makes you want to stay indoors. But for Zambia’s stakeholders in the fight against human trafficking, this was no ordinary day. They had gathered with a shared purpose—to take a bold step forward in Zambia’s fight against Trafficking in Persons (TIP).   THE OCASSION? The official

St. Josephine Bakhita’s life stands as a powerful symbol of hope, resilience and faith. Born in Sudan in the late 19th century, she endured the horrors of human trafficking before finding freedom and dedicating her life to God as a Canossian Sister. Her journey from slavery to sainthood reminds us of the enduring call to

On 14th October, 2022, TAKUZA conducted a training for Community Animators that included Church and Traditional Leaders, the Youth and Government workers. The aim of the training was to empower participants with knowledge of human trafficking so that they are able to identify cases of human trafficking and those of human smuggling and raise awareness

As TAKUZA is a Network Organization, it is its responsibility to train its members who are mostly sisters from various Women Congregations. From 3-7 May, TAKUZA trained 34 Sisters in Lusaka in Human Trafficking while 35 sisters were trained in the same in Solwezi on 17th October. The objective of the training was capacity-building of

When TAKUZA conducted a baseline survey in Mbala to determine the level of knowledge of human trafficking, it was clear that stakeholders that included the Police Service, Social Workers under the Department of Social Welfare, Immigration and Civil Society Organizations and the Judiciary needed capacity-building in the area of human trafficking. Therefore, TAKUZA from 23rd

Sesheke, as a town that borders Zambia and Namibia, is vulnerable to human trafficking. The local people are often trafficked into Namibia where they are exploited in domestic servitude as cattle herders. They are forced to work for small amounts of money which are not paid to them monthly, but promised to be paid at

The training for law enforcement officers on investigations of Human Trafficking and Smuggling of Migrants was held from February 18th to 20th, 2025, at Kapingila Guest House at the Catholic Secretariat. It was organized by TAKUZA in collaboration with the Anti-Human Trafficking Department (AHTD), the training aimed to strengthen the capacity of officers in identifying,

This report outlines the outcomes of a visit by TAKUZA to the prisons in Chipata as well as a training workshop held to empower local of community members in Rufunsa and Mphashya. Issues discussed at the workshop focused on social justice, grounded in Catholic Social Teachings (CST), Global migration and the Zambian context, as well

Objectives The Capacity Building Training on Human Trafficking and Smuggling of Migrants took place from 24th to 27th September 2024 in Sesheke District. The training convened officers from various sectors, including law enforcement Zambia Police, Drug Enforcement Commission, Department of Immigration, Department Social Welfare, Zambia Correctional Services and other key ministries. This was in order